Grant of Proxy Should the provisions of this Agreement be construed to constitute the granting of proxies, such proxies shall be deemed coupled with an interest and are irrevocable for the term of this Agreement.
Grant of Irrevocable Proxy; Appointment of Proxy (a) Seller hereby irrevocably grants to, and appoints Willxxx X. Xxxxxx xxx Richxxx Xxxxxxxxx, xx either of them, in their respective capacities as officers of Parent, and any individual who shall hereafter succeed to any such office of Parent, and each of them individually, Seller's proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of Seller, to vote the Tender Shares in favor of the Merger and otherwise as contemplated by Section 1.2.
(b) Seller represents that any proxies heretofore given in respect of the Tender Shares are not irrevocable, and that any such proxies are hereby revoked.
(c) Seller understands and acknowledges that Parent is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance, among other things, upon Seller's execution and delivery of this Agreement. Seller hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 1.3 is given in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and that such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of Seller under this Agreement. Seller hereby further affirms that the irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest and may under no circumstances be revoked. Seller hereby ratifies and confirms all that such proxies and attorneys-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Such irrevocable proxy is executed and intended to be irrevocable in accordance with the provisions of Section 212(e) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Voting Agreement Grant of Proxy The Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees that:
Grant of Power of Attorney Contributor does hereby irrevocably appoint the Operating Partnership (or its designee) and each of them individually and any successor thereof from time to time (such Operating Partnership or designee or any such successor of any of them acting in his, her or its capacity as attorney-in-fact pursuant hereto, the "Attorney-in-Fact") as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of Contributor, to act in the name, place and stead of Contributor to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such other contracts, orders, receipts, notices, requests, instructions, certificates, consents, letters and other writings (including, without limitation, the execution of any Closing Documents or other documents relating to the acquisition by the Operating Partnership of Contributor's Partnership Interest), to provide information to the Securities and Exchange Commission and others about the transactions contemplated hereby and, in general, to do all things and to take all actions which the Attorney-in-Fact in its sole discretion may consider necessary or proper in connection with or to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Contribution Agreement, as fully as could Contributor if personally present and acting. Further, Contributor hereby grants to Attorney-in-Fact a proxy (the "Proxy") to vote Contributor's Partnership Interest on any matter related to the Formation Transactions presented to the partners of any of the Partnerships for a vote, including, but not limited to, the transfer of interests in any of the Partnerships by the other partners. Each of the Power of Attorney and Proxy and all authority granted hereby shall be coupled with an interest and therefore shall be irrevocable and shall not be terminated by any act of Contributor, by operation of law or by the occurrence of any other event or events, and if any other such act or events shall occur before the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Contribution Agreement, the Attorney-in-Fact shall nevertheless be authorized and directed to complete all such transactions as if such other act or events had not occurred and regardless of notice thereof. Contributor agrees that, at the request of the Operating Partnership, it will promptly execute a separate power of attorney and proxy on the same terms set forth in this ARTICLE 6, such execution to be witnessed and notarized. Contributor hereby authorizes the reliance of third parties on each of the Power of Attorney and Proxy. Contributor acknowledges that the Operating Partnership has, and any designee or successor thereof acting as Attorney-in-Fact may have, an economic interest in the transactions contemplated by this Contribution Agreement.
Grant of Irrevocable Proxy 3.1 Seller hereby appoints the Acquiror and each of its executive officers or other designees (the “Proxyholders”), as Seller’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution and resubstitution), to attend, vote and otherwise act for and on behalf of the Seller in respect of its Subject Securities and in respect of all matters which may come before a meeting of the Company Securityholders relating to the Transaction, and such proxy shall not be revoked unless this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article 7 prior to the exercise of such proxy (or other voting instrument). Seller agrees to deliver (including by instructing the participant(s) in the book-based system operated by CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or other intermediary through which the Seller holds the Subject Securities to arrange for such delivery) any such instruments as are required to effect the grant of irrevocable proxy provided for in this Section 3.1.
3.2 Seller hereby revokes any proxies heretofore given by Seller in respect of the Subject Securities.
3.3 Seller hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Article 3 is given in connection with the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Arrangement Agreement, and that such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of Seller under this Agreement. Seller hereby further affirms that the irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest, is intended to be irrevocable, and may under no circumstances be revoked, unless and until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article 7. The irrevocable proxy granted by Seller herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the dissolution, bankruptcy, or incapacity of Seller.
3.4 The Proxyholders may not exercise this irrevocable proxy on any matter except as provided above. Seller may vote the Subject Securities on all other matters.
3.5 The Acquiror may terminate this proxy at any time by written notice to Seller.
Irrevocable Proxy and Power of Attorney Each party to this Agreement hereby constitutes and appoints as the proxies of the party and hereby grants a power of attorney to the President of the Company, and a designee of the Selling Investors, and each of them, with full power of substitution, with respect to the matters set forth herein, including, without limitation, election of persons as members of the Board in accordance with Section 1 hereto, votes to increase authorized shares pursuant to Section 2 hereof and votes regarding any Sale of the Company pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and vote, if and only if the party (i) fails to vote, or (ii) attempts to vote (whether by proxy, in person or by written consent), in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all of such party’s Shares in favor of the election of persons as members of the Board determined pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the increase of authorized shares or approval of any Sale of the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of Sections 2 and 3, respectively, of this Agreement or to take any action necessary to effect Sections 2 and 3, respectively, of this Agreement. Each of the proxy and power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company and the parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, each is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Each party hereto hereby revokes any and all previous proxies or powers of attorney with respect to the Shares and shall not hereafter, unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof, purport to grant any other proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of the Shares, deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust or enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement), arrangement or understanding with any person, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant any proxy or give instructions with respect to the voting of any of the Shares, in each case, with respect to any of the matters set forth herein.
Agreement to Vote Shares; Irrevocable Proxy (a) Stockholder agrees during the term of this Agreement to vote the Shares at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, or execute a written consent or consents if stockholders of the Company are requested to vote their shares through the execution of an action by written consent in lieu of any such annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, and to cause any holder of record of Shares to vote: (i) in favor of (1) approval of the Merger and the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder, at every meeting (or in connection with any action by written consent) of the stockholders of the Company at which such matters are considered and at every lawful adjournment or postponement thereof and (2) approval of any proposal to adjourn or postpone the meeting to a later date during the term of this Agreement, if there are not sufficient votes for the approval of the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereunder on the date on which such meeting is held; (ii) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement which could reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or of Stockholder under this Agreement or which would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled. This Agreement is intended to bind Stockholder as a stockholder of the Company only with respect to the specific matters set forth herein. Except as set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3(a), Stockholder shall not be restricted from voting in favor of, against or abstaining with respect to any other matter presented to the stockholders of the Company.
(b) Stockholder hereby appoints Parent and any designee of Parent, and each of them individually, its proxies and attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote or act by written consent during the term of this Agreement with respect to the Shares in accordance with Section 3(a). This proxy and power of attorney is given to secure the performance of the duties of Stockholder under this Agreement. Stockholder shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy. This proxy and power of attorney granted by Stockholder shall be irrevocable during the term of this Agreement, shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy and shall revoke any and all prior proxies granted by Stockholder with respect to the Shares. The power of attorney granted by Stockholder herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the dissolution or bankruptcy of Stockholder but will not survive the termination of this Agreement. The proxy and power of attorney granted hereunder shall terminate upon the termination of this Agreement. Parent acknowledges and agrees that Stockholder may vote the Shares on all other matters not referred to in Section 3(a), and the attorneys and proxies named above may not exercise the proxy with respect to such matters.
Irrevocable Proxy In furtherance of the agreements contained in Section 3 of this Agreement, the Voting Shareholder hereby irrevocably grants to and appoints Parent and each of the executive officers of Parent, in their respective capacities as officers of Parent, as the case may be, and any individual who shall hereafter succeed to any such office of Parent, and each of them individually, the Voting Shareholder’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of the Voting Shareholder, to vote all Subject Shares Beneficially Owned by the Voting Shareholder that are outstanding from time to time, to grant or withhold a consent or approval in respect of such Subject Shares and to execute and deliver a proxy to vote such Subject Shares, in each case solely to the extent and in the manner specified in Section 3 of this Agreement. The Voting Shareholder represents and warrants to Parent that all proxies heretofore given in respect of the Subject Shares are not irrevocable and that all such proxies have been properly revoked or are no longer in effect as of the date hereof. The Voting Shareholder hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 5 is given by the Voting Shareholder in connection with, and in consideration of, the execution of the Merger Agreement by Parent and that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 5 is coupled with an interest and, except as set forth in Section 8 hereof, may under no circumstances be revoked. The irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 5 is executed and intended to be irrevocable in accordance with the provisions of Section 21.369 of the TBOC, subject, however, to automatic termination on the Expiration Date.
Grant of PSUs For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), hereby grants the target number (“Target Number”) of performance share units ("PSUs") listed above to the Participant, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. This grant is made pursuant to the terms and conditions of the 2020 Company Second Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which Plan, as amended from time to time, is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Agreement. The actual number of PSUs, if any, that the Participant will be eligible to earn with respect to this Agreement (the “Earned PSUs”), subject to meeting the applicable service and performance vesting requirements, will equal the Target Number multiplied by the applicable “Performance Multiplier” as defined in Exhibit A hereto. Each Earned PSU represents the unfunded, unsecured right of the Participant to receive a Share on the date(s) specified herein. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the Plan.
Voting Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy (a) The Stockholder hereby:
(i) agrees that during the term of this Agreement, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, and in any action by consent of the stockholders of the Company, the Stockholder shall vote all of its Shares in favor of the Merger, the Merger Agreement (as amended from time to time) and any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including, without limitation, any necessary amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation in accordance with the Merger Agreement ("Required Amendments"); and
(ii) constitutes and appoints Parent, which shall act by and through Stepxxx X. Xxxx xx Anne Xxxxxx (xxch, a "Proxy Holder"), and each of them, with full power of substitution, its true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact to vote at any meeting (and any adjournment thereof) of stockholders of the Company relating to the approval of the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, any Required Amendments, or to execute a written consent of stockholders in lieu of any such meeting, its Shares in favor of the approval of the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, any Required Amendments, with such modifications to the Merger Agreement or Required Amendments as the parties thereto may make. Such proxy shall be limited strictly to the power to vote such Shares in the manner set forth in Section 1(a) hereof and shall not extend to any other matters. The vote of the Proxy Holder shall control in any conflict between such Proxy Holder's vote of the Shares and a vote by the Stockholder of the Shares.
(b) Each proxy and power of attorney granted herein shall be irrevocable during the term of this Agreement, shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy and shall revoke all prior proxies granted by the Stockholder. The Stockholder shall not grant any proxy to any person that conflicts with its respective proxy granted herein, and any attempts to do so shall be void. Each power of attorney granted herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the death, disability or incompetence of the Stockholder.
(c) In the event of a stock dividend or distribution, or any change in the Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock by reason of any stock dividend, split-up, recapitalization, combination, exchange of shares or the like, the term "Shares" shall be deemed to refer to and include the Shares as well as all such stock dividends and distributions and any shares into which or for which any or all of the Shares may be changed or exchanged.
